Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ortex of NUjiiversal sus-pension. Tuesday, the thirteenth of Octo-ber, the day preceding the suspension, wasthe climax of the struggle, and Wallstreet. New York, as the great center ofmoney
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ortex of NUjiiversal sus-pension. Tuesday, the thirteenth of Octo-ber, the day preceding the suspension, wasthe climax of the struggle, and Wallstreet. New York, as the great center ofmoney operations in the United States,presented a scene of wild excitement neverbefore witnessed. The account of that scene, as given bythe reporter fur the Tribune, is here inpart reproduced. At ten oclock in the was liurriedly dashed off at its foot, and inanother moment it was on its way to thebank. The crowd increased in numbers. Eachperson took his place in the line andawaited his turn, while policemen keptthose out who were present only frommotives of curiosity. One after anotherwas paid, and with the shining treasuredeparted. Scores of hands, skilled by longexperience in counting coin, were taxed totheir utmost in their efforts to keep ]>acewith tlic demand for gold. Altogether,the scene jiresented was one of the wildestexcitement. Tliirty to forty thousandpersons were at the same moment in the. i:KFECr8 OF THE niniiiing, says that journal, the fronts ofthe different institutions indicated, bj thecrowds gathered around them, that thealiility of the vaults to j-ield up their treas-ure at the call of depositors and bill-hold-ers was to undergo no ordinary after check was presented and paid,and still they came. Word soon wentforth that a run had commenced on thebanks, and it passed from one house toanother until the whole lower part of thecity was alive with excitement. Bankbooks were examined; but a moment wasrequired to prepare a check—a signature il.\li:6
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